The Department of Homeland Security throws away anti-terror money on bizarre projects in places that face far less danger than New York – like Columbus, Ohio, which got $7,000 for bulletproof vests for its police dogs, Rep. Anthony Weiner charged yesterday.

Another example of funds wasted on places that aren’t likely to face attacks include $30,000 for a custom-made trailer that would be used as a command center if terrorists zeroed in on the mushroom festival in Madisonville, Texas.

“We have to stop seeing homeland security as being another pork barrel project, otherwise you get things like bullet-proof vests for dogs rather than overtime for NYPD,” the Brooklyn Democrat said.

He said that in addition to NYPD overtime pay, New York was denied funds for anti-terror cops and cops assigned to patrol the subways.

He wants politicians in areas that are unlikely to be on al-Qaeda’s list of top targets to play fair.

“I would never dream of demanding corn subsidies or demanding tomato subsidies, because we don’t have those farms,” he said.

Homeland Security officials have promised to base their grants on risk levels. But they’ve listed 95 cities that will receive money this year, including Toledo, Ohio and Charlotte, N. Car.

During the first round of grants in 2003, only seven cities, including New York, received anti-terror funds.

Weiner wants to see the list cut down to the 15 major cities that face the greatest danger. He announced a plan to introduce the “Homeland Security Transparency Act,” which would require explanations of each expenditure of anti-terror dollars.